Deal or No Deal - UKGameshows Deal or No Deal Noel Edmonds (another non-broadcast pilot in 2005 and all series thereafter) Co-hosts Jon Culshaw as Noel Edmonds (1st Anniversary special) Broadcast Cheetah Television West (formerly Endemol West) for Channel 4, 31 October 2005 to 11 December 2016 as Deal or No Deal Live, 10 to 23 October 2011 (12 episodes) as Celebrity Deal or No Deal, 8 April 2012 to 18 September 2015 (14 episodes) as Deal or No Deal on Tour, 12 to 23 December 2016 (10 episodes) Synopsis "A quarter of a million pounds... 22 identical sealed boxes... and no questions. Except one: Deal or No Deal?'" So goes the introductory spiel to this big money guessing game, of which international versions have already proven to be quite good fun.

There are 22 numbered boxes, each one containing an unknown cash prize of between 1p and £250,000 and 22 contestants, who have drawn lots before the show to determine who gets each one. A 'randomly'-selected contestant is invited to sit in the hot seat and becomes the player for that show, bringing their box with them. The other boxes are then opened one by one, and an off-stage banker known as, er, "The Banker" offers the player money to buy back the box and leave the game, based on the values of the boxes left. The amounts of money still up for grabs are shown on either side of the contestant. There is an offer after the first five boxes are opened, and then after every third box until there are just two boxes left. In theory, these offers should come slightly below the arithmetic mean of the remaining boxes; in practice, the early offers are artificially low. As a result, the deal almost always occurs during the closing fifteen minutes, which serves to place a lot more emphasis on the journey than the outcome. The commercial breaks usually come just before the 8th and 14th boxes are opened, something which contestants have now started anticipating.

It's surely only a matter of time before they start pre-empting Noel and announcing the breaks themselves (see below). The Banker's offer plummets when the big boxes get opened. It is, in essence, a game of pure chance - a lottery, or more precisely a series of lotteries, with the contestant merely choosing whether to reinvest their winnings in the next one or stick with what they've got. It's more watchable than that implies though, mainly because of the interaction between host and contestants. In a way, the game is only there to give the characters in the studio something to react to - almost the exact opposite of the maximum-gameplay, minimum-personality Fifteen-to-One , for which this show is Channel 4's first really convincing replacement. It is a show that could have been invented purely to showcase the skills of its host - chatting to Members Of The Public, talking on the phone, being generally affable, and having a beard that doesn't look quite deliberate, somehow. "I think it's one of these blasted call centres again." Anyway, it's friendly enough, Noel makes us care about the contestants and it's nice to see likeable people walk away with a decent sum of money.

It's perhaps not quite the great and mighty format that some folk have talked it up as (and it does seem to be one of those shows that either you "get" or you don't) but as daytime gameshows go, it's pretty good and a deserved hit. A year and a bit later... The above was written in the show's first couple of months on air, and since then, there have been some changes. Some for the better, some for the worse, and some we're really not sure about either way. One thing that really needed to be sorted out was the show's music. Right from the start, the music cues were always pretty much the least appropriate and most intrusive of any game show, but if anything it's got worse since then, with overuse of the cliched heart sound effect not only being exceedingly irritating, but also betraying a lack of confidence in the game's ability to produce its own tension. And they're still using the same stupendously awful theme music. It sounds like a stopgap knocked off in a hurry, probably because it is, and if only they'd quietly ditched it after the first production run, it could have been a distant memory by now. But no such luck.

But however bad the soundtrack is, it's merely a cosmetic element. Far more important is the way the banker plays the game, and there's no getting away from the fact that this has changed quite a lot. Whether it's changed for the better or not is a moot point, and one that we've subjected to a good old mooting ourselves. Offers have tended to become more generous in the early stages (once upon a time, eight thousand as an opening offer would have been spectacular; now it's commonplace) and less generous in the later stages. There often does seem to be an element of pushing players to open their box by making unduly low offers, which is either (a) tension-building, exciting and a good thing, or (b) tension-sapping, aggravating and a bad thing. The banker has also taken to offering swaps instead of money in the early stages, and although it's unlikely that a player would deal at the first or second offer, it can look rather "off" not to give them the opportunity.

After all, most of what happens in the game is essentially random - the values are distributed randomly amongst the boxes, and the boxes randomly amongst the players, and while the selection of numbers may not be strictly random, the results (unless the player really is psychic!) are. The only thing that's stopping the game from being big-money Fluke is the player exercising their option to Deal or No Deal, and at best they only have six opportunities to do that during the game, which isn't many to start with. Offering a swap, or making a joke offer that's not even worth considering, deprives them of one of those opportunities and takes the game even further out of the player's hands. One player who had once made a throwaway comment that he would keep on playing as long as the top prize remained on the board, was offered a swap three times on the trot, which not only cut the gameplay in half, but also came across as incredibly petty (and besides, if you really wanted to test a player's resolve in that situation, the smart thing to do would be to make high offers and see if they took the bait).

Supporters say this flexibility in the format is interesting and keeps it fresh; critics say it makes the makes the game so unfair and inconsistent that it becomes barely a game at all. Whether that matters is another question. Can a game show survive as all show and no game? We don't know. Though it's worth noting that since the three-swap game, there seems to have been a bit of a snap back to more reasonable gameplay from the banker, as if aware that he'd gone that bit too far. How long this will continue remains to be seen (best guess: not very long). There's also been an increasing emphasis on gambling in the show, with both Noel and the banker clearly showing a preference for gamblers, and Noel constantly going on about "courage" (which in his book seems to mean ignoring the odds and pressing on to the end regardless). This probably does increase the show's appeal to, well, people whom gambling appeals to, but it might be questioned whether this kind of none-too-subtle endorsement is really suitable for 4.15pm, and indeed whether it really makes for a more exciting show anyway.

Actually, the winning of the jackpot points up a related flaw that's been inherent in the format since day one, which is that the top prize is more likely to be won by recklessness than good judgement. A person who judges the odds well is likely to deal earlier, especially given the volatility that having the £250,000 box in play brings to the game. Clearly, a 1-in-5 or even 1-in-2 chance of the jackpot is unlikely to be more attractive than a guaranteed payout to the sensible player, unless the guaranteed payout is so low as to be utterly stupid, but the odds are short enough that if enough reckless players appear on the show, sooner or later one will win the jackpot - and ultimately that's what happened. And even then, the Banker - no, let's be honest, the Producer - threw in a shamefully poor final offer to persuade the player to continue. No wonder some people think the show is rigged. "Sequencegate" didn't help, even though all the evidence says it was a genuine mistake.

Astute conspiracy theorists may note that Noel can still be telling the truth about nobody knowing where the money is at the start of the game provided the producers don't open the sealed list until play begins. Not that there's any evidence that they do - but with the loophole there and the way the banker-producer treats players, it doesn't feel like it would be out of character if he did. It's all a great shame, especially as Noel (or The Comeback King, as all reports are now obliged to call him) does such a good job of extracting entertainment value from the players. But it's not just the novelty that's worn off the show, it's also the innocence. There is a danger that as Deal or No Deal develops, it will continue to descend, incrementally, the path already trodden by its stablemate Big Brother . BB was once a great little show about ordinary people playing a fair game with clear rules. But over time the producers, hiding behind a faceless character, sidelined the very things that made it so good, threw every gimmick they could think of into the mix, and even abandoned the pretence of a fair contest. But there's a twist.

Even after all that, Big Brother is still as big a ratings draw as ever. And who's to say the same won't happen to Deal or No Deal? Twenty-three sealed boxes? To the surprise and consternation of more snooty critics, Deal or No Deal continued to pull in the viewers - shows were extended from 45 minutes to an hour in early 2011, allowing Channel 4 to sell a third commercial break. The red box club finally met its match in 2013, as a refreshed BBC1 schedule gave viewers less reason to switch over, and Tipping Point proved to be a reason to turn to ITV. Some suggested that Tipping Point worked because every game was live until the final moments, the contender could win £10,000 right down to the wire. Many games of Deal were not going to beat £5000 by half-four. To preserve some suspense right until the end, the producers introduced Box 23 at the start of 2014. At the end of their game, contenders had the option of buying this sealed box with their winnings.

It could add £10,000 to their winnings, it could halve or double their money. It might do absolutely nothing, or send them away with absolutely nothing. The outcome had been sealed before the game began. Viewers were unsure about this innovation: the consensus seemed to be that the decision would usually be clear-cut, only people winning about £7000 might have to ponder their choice. The weakest case was someone winning £250,000 who might have doubled their money by purchasing Box 23, because this would be both a jackpot win and an anti-climax at the same time. It only took six weeks for this to happen. Jackpot The £250,000 top prize was first won on 7 January 2007 by Laura Pearce, a 24-year-old (at the time) civilian police worker from Hemel Hempstead. She rejected her final offer of £45,000 with the £250,000 and £3,000 as the last two remaining amounts and the chance to swap her box, and her box contained the £250,000.

Inevitably, the result was leaked in the press weeks beforehand. Laura Pearce becomes the show's first ever £250,000 winner. The top prize was won a second time on 12 March 2009, by Alice Mundy, a 21-year-old (at the time) trainee stuntwoman. She was offered and took the "Banker's Gamble" (returning the previously won amount for the chance to take whatever is in the box) with 1p and £250,000 remaining, having originally dealt at £17,500. She rejected the swap, and her box was then opened to reveal the £250,000. Coincidentally, Alice came from the same town as Laura did. Alice Mundy, just before she won £250,000 The jackpot then remained unwon for more than two years, a carrot dangled in front of more than 600 contestants without once being snaffled.

Friday the 13th of May 2011 was not an unlucky day for contestant Suzanne Mulholland as she reached the final two boxes with the two top prizes, £100,000 and £250,000, still in play. She was offered £165,000 to deal, but declined. The banker offered her the swap, which she accepted. Her new box was then opened to reveal she had won the £250,000 jackpot. Furthermore, she also won a two-week holiday for two in Florida, as part of a special 'Banker's Birthday' week of programmes. Four months later, the top prize was won on 22 September 2011 to another female contestant named Tegen Roberts. She declined the banker's offer of £77,000 between the two boxes in play, which were £20,000 and £250,000, She was also offered - and declined - the swap before opening the box she'd had all game. Yet another female contestant named Nong Nig Ham Nam won the top prize on 3 August 2012.

She declined the banker's offer of £68,000 between the two boxes in play, which were £5 and £250,000, She was also offered - and declined - the swap before opening the box she'd had all game. Paddy Roberts became the sixth jackpot winner - and the first man to take the quarter-million - on 12 August 2013. He had the £75,000 and £250,000 boxes at the final offer, and turned down both £140,000 and the obligatory swap. Viewers later found his target for the show was £18,000. Roop Singh was the seventh player to open a box containing £250,000. His game, on 12 February 2014, was the first jackpot win with the new Box 23 in place; had he bought this box, he would have walked away with £500,000, but turned down the offer. Ann Crawford was contestant No. 8 to win £250,000 in her box on 16 October 2015.

Her final 2 sums of money were 50p and £250,000 with an offer of £64,000, which she declined. When it came to Box 23 after she won the jackpot, Noel asked the question to buy Box 23 to which she said "Deal no", leading to everyone stunned and shocked. When the Banker called, he offered her a second chance to change her decision, to which she accepted. Had she'd taken Box 23, she would've gone home with nothing. Vikki Heenan was the ninth and last ever contestant to win £250,000 on 23 December 2016 (the very last episode of DoND). She had an offer of £66,666 with £750 and £250,00 left in play, she declined. She was guaranteed a swap at the end, but declined that too. Key moments On 13 February 2006, the final box was shown to be empty. The £1 label had fallen off. (That's Poundstretcher for you.) Chalk another one up for Denis Norden, there.

On 26 March 2008, another box was shown to be empty, except this time there was no label to be found. A visibly upset Noel then offered the player, David Schofield, the opportunity to either start the game again from scratch, or to simply have the independent adjudicator re-shuffle the contents of the remaining boxes in addition to the amount that was missing from the empty box. He chose to shuffle, and was promptly informed that the amount missing from the box was the £250,000. Noel's world turns upside-down. Mr. Edmonds' increasingly predictable commercial links: Noel: "Whatever you do... don't open a low box... whatever you do... don't open it until after the break!" Noel: "Can you pick the box up for me, please? Can you guess the weight?" Box-opener: "About half a pound." Noel: "No, the weight is... about three minutes while we go to a break." Noel: "Do not break her heart... did I say break?" Box-opener: "I want this to be low", spurring Noel into placing the box on the floor so it can't be opened. Isaac Newton would have been proud!

"What the hell's he doing?" "I think he's trying to tell us it's time for an ad break" Catchphrases At the start of play: "Channel 4 is all yours." or "It's your show." "You're obsessed with the reds!" when a contestant keeps on taking out red amounts. "Make it blue." "I think you'll be there." "We do not want to see the quarter of a million." Inventor Richard De Rijk Theme music Augustin Bousfield, apparently, although you'd be hard-pressed to tell it was the same person throughout due to the bizarre clash of upbeat jazz theme tune and thin, ambient tension music. (It has been speculated more than once that this is the result of a sudden, last-minute U-turn decision by the producers to 'darken up' the show, as opposed to playing it purely for comedy value (the European versions of the format tend to swing towards the latter)). Although seeing as the theme sounds almost exactly like the theme from Cash Cab , it might just have been Endemol getting some work done "on the cheap". Trivia For many years, the show was produced by The Mole 's Glenn Hugill .

We can't think of many shows that were on six days a week: I'm the Answer was one of them, as was Blockbusters back in the days when there were Champions series. Countdown also joined this exclusive club in January 2006, largely as a result of DoND's success. Stop press: Apparently Ask No Questions was also six days a week. Discounting phone-ins, the show set a new daytime TV record in its third episode, when Anita Wallas took home £33,000. Prior to this, the record was £25,000 from the previous year's Beat the Nation , also an Endemol show. In the 11th episode the record went up to £35,000 when Maurice Cheshire took the chair. He dealt too early though, and could have taken over £100,000 had he played on. On the 17th episode (18 November 2005), hot-seat contestant Jennifer Miller became the first person to win a six-figure prize on daytime TV when she dealt at £120,000. Jennifer was down to the final two boxes when she dealt.

The £250,000 was in one of them and in the other was £750. She made the right call, as the £750 was in her box. Jennifer's record as the highest deal endured 2444 episodes and over eight years. Pat Crick dealt for £170,000 on 10 March 2014; she had £100,000 in her box, with £250,000 on the wings. Pat's was only the second perfect finish before a deal had been agreed, following Suzanne Mulholland in 2011 (see "Jackpot" section). Voted the Best New Show in this site's Poll of 2005 The 1p prize was first won on 3 January 2006 by Nick Bain. He took out no fewer than EIGHT consecutive red numbers, until he was eventually left with 1p and £100. After turning down the banker's final offer of £30 (the highest was £9,000), he agreed to swap round the two remaining boxes - so that he ended up with the 1p box.

Between then and the introduction of "Box 23" at the start of 2014, 51 more unlucky players joined him in the "1p club": Trevor Bruce (1 March 2006), Fadil Osman (14 April 2006), Dave Ellis (25 April 2006), Sally Kettle (14 July 2006), Connell Gibson (17 July 2006), Giorgio Felicini (22 July 2006), Sharron Coates, (31 August 2006), Tony Wynne-Jones (13 February 2007), Paul "PJ" Johnson (13 May 2007), Adam Field (15 June 2007), Katie Walsh (5 January 2008), Shaun Messer (24 January 2008), Simon Maughan (31 January 2008), Margaret Hall (3 March 2008), Matty Curcillo (24 March 2008), Pete Marston (2 October 2008), Marieanne (25 December

 2008), Colin (16 March 2009), Dirk (31 March 2009), Olivia (8 July 2009), Rod (8 September 2009), Michelle (13 October 2009), Aurora (25 October 2009), Rio (16 November 2009), Corinne (7 December 2009), Gillian (16 December 2009), Hollie (25 December 2009), Bel (12 January 2010), De (17 May 2010), Laurence (25 June 2010), Letty (12 September 2010), Anji (10 October 2010), Beryl (1 February 2011), Vicki (17 February 2011), Bev (13 April 2011), Em (7 July 2011), Charlotte (11 July 2011), Kelly (13 October 2011), Andria (8 December 2011), Jan (26

 March 2012), Bob (9 April 2012), Mary (21 June 2012), Mariyam (27 June 2012), Mev (8 November 2012), Laura (10 April 2013), Becky (11 August 2013), Richard (20 August 2013), Dave (20 February 2014), Leah (14 October 2014), Naz (7 January 2016) and Ashley (14 December 2016).

On 18 November 2008, contestant Lee accepted a special offer from the banker. With the £1 and the £10 boxes remaining in play, he had the choice of swapping the boxes, and should whichever box he choose contain the £10, the banker would make it £510. Should it contain the £1, he would leave with nothing. He decided not to swap, but his box contained the £1, therefore making him the first person to ever walk away with nothing. On 10 April 2009, in an Easter special, contestant Daimon was offered a double or nothing gamble. He could give back the £5,000 he won in the game, and if with two goes he could find the single good egg out of the three eggs on offer, he would win £10,000. If not, he would leave with nothing. He didn't manage to find the good egg, and therefore become the second person to walk away from the show with nothing.

Eight more contestants, Caz on 12 November 2009, Brenda on 5 April 2010, Jay on 22 December 2010, Darrel on 20 February 2011, Vera on 3 April 2011, Mark on 29 July 2012, Kris on 13 October 2012 and Neil on 15 April 2013 would also walk away with nothing after accepting special gambles from the banker. The lowest opening offer by the banker was 18p to Ed Barnes on show 568 (16 October 2007). This was in reaction to a comment made in an earlier game, where he described the banker's threats as "hollow and meaningless". Ed went on to deal at £33,000.62 later in the game. The first seven letters of "Noel Edmonds" anagram into "Endemol", the production company's name. The first six letters anagram to "NO DEEL". Edmonds' name contains the letters DOND (Deal Or No Deal) in order.

The T-shirts worn by the studio staff have the slogan "What's in your box?". Other hosts who were in the frame before Edmonds said he'd do it include Les Dennis and Brian Conley , apparently. Conley told the Manchester Evening News that he missed out because Channel 4 and Endemol disagreed on the direction the show should take, saying that "Endemol wanted it to be like the French version, which was a lot more fun and light-hearted and not quite as serious as it has become." Chris Evans was also offered the job (or at least a place on the shortlist) but told the Daily Mail in January 2010, "I turned it down because it’s not clever enough for me. I still don’t understand why people like it." Dubbed Sequencegate by fans, an observant reader at the Bother's Bar fan site noted that most games from early 2006 followed a small number of predicatable sequences. In fact, some of the shows had identical boxes. It was caused by a change in procedures by the show's adjudicators, using a pseudo-random Excel. They now use a manual 'picking balls out of the bag' method.

On the episode on 29 April 2006, during Massimo Dimambro's game, one of the remaining boxes was knocked on the floor. The box subsequently opened. All the boxes were re-shuffled with the remaining amounts. Curiously, this entire process - with the floor assistants coming on to bring the boxes on and off the set, and Noel reassuring Massimo throughout - was included in the programme's final edit. During the end of the first season, Noel began to have special symbols written on his hand. In September 2006, the mystery was revealed. Far from being an object lesson in Noel's own psychology of cosmic ordering, as many had thought, in fact the final messages spelt out "www", "red", "box" and "club" pointing to the website (now defunct). This contained all the symbols in sequence which, when solved, won a lucky person a VIP trip to the DoND studios including a chance to meet Noel and be one of the blue box openers. Unfortunately for would-be cryptanalysts, it would appear the entire thing may have been a hoax. Asked about the symbols, Noel told the Daily Record, "The symbols were a joke.

It was a Dan Brown moment. I'd read The Da Vinci Code and thought why don't I put some signs on my hands to see if people notice." After winning a mere £10, Noel told contestant Olly Murs, 'You do not have failure written over you'. This would prove to be prophetic as Murs later finished as the runner-up in the sixth series of The X Factor , and in September 2010 his debut single 'Please Don't Let Me Go' reached the top of the UK singles chart. Murs became the first, and to date only person to play the game a second time, when in April 2012, he returned to the Dream Factory as a guest contestant on Celebrity Deal or No Deal. Unfortunately his second battle with the banker ended worse than his first, as he left with 50p. In a twist of fate, had he swapped his box, as he did in his first appearance on the programme, he would have walked away with £10 a second time.

According to the yoghurt manufacturer which signed up to sponsor the programme in 2010, the show's viewers over-index heavily on over-45-year-old empty-nesters looking for a healthy balanced lifestyle. Whatever that means. The programme reached its 1500th episode on New Year's Eve 2010. Participants Starting from 8th April 2012, periodically, Channel 4 have broadcast episodes of Celebrity Deal or No Deal, with the celebrities playing the game for charity. The following is a chronological list of these celebrity participants: Jimmy Carr (comedian and TV presenter) - Took home £750. Olly Murs (singer and TV presenter) - Took home 50p. Sarah Millican (comedian) - Took home £20,000. Louis Walsh ( X Factor judge) - Took home £70,000. Peter Andre (TV personality) - Took home £1,000. Katie Price (TV personality) - Took home £16,000.

Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd - McFly (musicians) - Took home £10,000. Joan Collins (actress) - Took home £15,000 Jonathan Ross (TV presenter) - Took home £20,000 JB Gill, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams - JLS (musicians) - Took home £50,000 Gok Wan (TV presenter) - Took home 10p. Noel Edmonds (TV presenter) - Took home £26,000 in a show hosted by Sarah Millican. Merchandise Deal or No Deal - The Fool Wiki The Fool Wiki More info on Deal or No Deal Wikis United Kingdom Deal or No Deal: Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related topics (Redirected to Deal Or No Deal article) From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia. This page is about the game show Deal Or No Deal.

For information on the religion of the same name, see The Church of Deal or No Deal . This article needs love This article is currently in a bad state, but all it needs is a little love. Please give some love by rewriting it. A coward missing out on a really juicy bit of whoodle200px For those without comedic tastes, the self-proclaimed experts at Wikipedia have an article about Deal Or No Deal . Deal Or No Deal is a game show, first thought to have originated from Ancient Greece, that has been sold to over 345678 countries around the world. The show began when Keith Chegwin had a spare 15 minutes of thinking time on his lunch break. It evolved from an old game played by cuban children , in which there were 22 boxes, all of which would contain John McCrirrick. The player would have to pick a box and have sex with the contents. The one holding the box must then make an offer of John Leslie. If the player accepts this offer he must give the box to the box-holder, who then has sex with Jeremy Beadle.

The commercially popular version first aired in 1901, on the vaudeville circuit hosted by unkown actor and con-man Arthur Stevenington. This version did not last particularly long, as the boxes never in fact contained John McCrirrick at all. Audience disgust nearly killed the show, and condemnation came in from all corners of the globe, including the Catholic Church . In order to rebuild their audience, the vaudeville show was reworked to so that money was contained within the boxes. Money of varying amounts. In some European countries a new version named, 'Deal or Deal' has been launched. In this game, the player must play all the way to the end or face being shot by a member of the East Wing. This man was the intended host for a German Deal or No Deal before he committed suicide in 1945 Contents UK Version Noel on the phone to the 'Wanker' in a recent edition Deal or No Deal in the UK is presented by Noel 'Crusher' Edmonds. In the Untied States, it is hosted by Mr Shake-Hands-Man.

The prizes range from pogo-stick to mayonnaise, a record for UK daytime television, with the values written inside 22 identically-sealed red boxes, identical except for the number on the front and the fact that that they are not identical. All the boxes are sealed by an independent adjudicator, usually Oscar Wilde or Darth Vader. Neither Noel, the contestant, the wanker, God, You or the Endemol production team know about what value is written in each box. The boxes are opened by the 21 contestants awaiting their turn to play (unlike the US version which uses models, often referred to as "Hubba Hubba"s to open the cases) - these waiting contestants are also regularly spoken to by the host and offer support and advice to the player, so they are familiar to the TV audience by the time they get their turn to play. These players stay on the show until they get a turn in the chair (or "stool", as Crusher Edmonds sometimes said in earlier editions), and each day's player is selected by former Newcastle United and Fulham midfielder Peter Beardsley, instead of through a quiz as is done in some other versions.

Each day a new contestant joins those opening boxes and waiting to play, replacing the person who played the previous day - some famous contestants have included Hilary Duff, Monica Lewinsky, Mr. Stingray , Yo mama, Snoop Dogg, Adam Wilkins, and Sigmund Freud. Bank offers are made after the fifth box is opened and every third box thereafter once the seventh box from the right has opened and eight boxes from the left have succeeded the second offer from the wanker. As of April 8 , 2006 , the show has already paid out to the players in the hot seat £2,374,675.12 in prize money, in 136 editions - although this figure is questionable due to the fact that Nobody cares . January 18 , 2006 marked the first edition of the second series of the ninth show of the second year of Deal or No Deal. The second series will contain episodes that feature Tony Blair and George W. Bush as seal-pullers.

The main difference is that once a person has made a deal with the wanker, at subsequent (national) wanker's offers, the accepted deal is displayed on screen alongside the current "shag". This gives a clearer picture to the TV audience on whether the contestant has made a good deal - but what Endemol didn't realize is that no one gives a shit. The stand on which the old-fashioned telephone sits is also raised slightly higher due to Noel spending too much time in the sauna and shrinking - Endemol wanted to laugh at him. Since February 27 2006 , the figures of money displayed inside the boxes have been coloured lava lamp or penguin corresponding to their position in the money chart. Contestants have a big orgy, and the wanker has to decide which one deserves 240 English pounds. It has long been suspected that it is not actually a TV game show at all, but a sophisticated psychological experiment designed to see just how much boredom a human can tolerate before negative effects appear. It is "officially" a secret, although everyone knows really, that no one who actually appears on the show is ever seen again.

It is theorized that these poor people have literally been bored to death by their close proximity to the show and indeed, Noel himself. Viewing of the TV broadcast has not yet produced adverse side effects, as long as it is viewed in moderation. There are several pieces of evidence pointing to the fact that it is dangerous to view this show for extended periods of time, the main fact being that since the shows first airing, unexplained deaths in old grannies sitting at home watching TV has increased by an astonishing 500%. There has been no official government investigation into these facts, leading many to believe that it is the first stage in a master plan to subdue the entire country's population for some devious reason. AMENDMENT. always bear in mind that Edmonds is a cunt. and that someone died live on one of his shows. forget ye not. cunt. Game-Board A Free Trip To Iraq 69p Wallpaper With Pictures Of Noel Edmonds' Head Greatest moments of Noels House Party DVD Perform Open Heart Surgery A pair of Noel's unwashed undies Real X-Ray Glasses A pair of Noel's used condoms A pitying from Mr.

T Trip To The Local Zoo £250 A Chance To See Noel's vagina Touch Noel's Hair Spend 25,222 hours with Noel 49% of Channel 4 Shares Rules This guy, despite the board, won -1p! The game starts off with a player being 'randomly' selected by a computer, and the contestant then picks a box between numbers 1 and 22 to be his or her box for the game. In the first round, the player picks 5 boxes from the remaining 21 while simultaneously ruling out the second box from the left and pointing at the tenth box next to box 11. When the value in the box is revealed, it is removed from the game board and players are no longer allowed to win that prize. After each round, the player receives a phone call from a 'wanker' (widely believed to be Mr Blobby , Noel's ex-husband). The wanker makes a monetary, sexual, or otherwise offer, and the player is then asked to 'Deal or No Deal' by Crusher Edmonds.

If a player 'no deals' then he will continue to get offers although he/she/it/he-she is not allowed to change his mind about dealing. When we come to the last two boxes with the second box from the right still in play and the nineteenth box from the second box on the left, the player receives another offer from the wanker, or they can carry on and take home whatever is in their box. This has proved disastrous on many occasions. Players could have won a life time supply of eggs and milk having dealt as low as "Microsoft Excel". Noel himself is not allowed to play the game, although he did play with the production team and dealt way too soon, and could have won in excess of £100,000. Episodes Warning: The following text might contain spoilers . This makes the article more aerodynamic, and thus more maneuverable at high speeds.

Take caution and carry a first-aid kit at all times if you don't know that Rosebud is a sled, Jigsaw was the corpse, Norman Bates is really the murderer, Kristin Shepard shot J.R., Tony Montana dies in a raid on his mansion, the aliens' weakness was common tap water, Camerlengo Ventresca is really Janus, and is completely insane, the introduction actually takes place after Joel Barish gets Clementine Kruczynski erased from his mind, and Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!! Episode Contestant Amount Won 380 Mr Blobby Jimbo Wales 259 Jesus 12 Disciples 56 Dave Woollin £20,000 - but the stupid sod was so lazy, he just picked the boxes in number order! "The Lost Episode" Contrary to popular belief the "Lost Episode" does in fact exist, however was not aired due to its unruly content.

In this episode an enraged member of the audience with a vendetta against the banker (we later learn the banker had once slept with his wife) seized the telephone on the show, lit a fire and stripped himself of his outer clothes to reveal bizarre, cult-esque robes, then began to dance around the lit fire in the studio in an equally uncouth manner, whilst members of the audience began to cheer, some even playing bongo drums produced from what would seem thin air. The phone was thrown onto the fire and engulfed in flames; a replacement telephone could not be found. For the rest of the episode a mobile phone from a charitable member of the West Wing was used. Smallest amounts won To date, eight players have received the lowest possible payout of some rather painful arse-kicking. On both occasions the unlucky contestant was gunged immediately after opening their box. Noel is a big fan of gunge as he enjoys reveling in the humiliation that it causes the gungee. On January 3 2006 , the unfortunate contestant, Nick Bain, was left - after taking out eight consecutive red (high value) boxes - with a bath and a pony.

He said "No Deal" to The Wanker's offer of £30, subsequently visited the ninth player from the left, told him to swap with the second player next to Noel Edmonds and kill the seventh player from the right, then swapped his box for the arse-kicking box. He had earlier said 'No Deal' to an offer of £9,000. On March 1 , 2006 , Trevor Bruce also went home with an arse-kicking. He was left with £0.5, £250 and, amazingly, the highest figure, £250,000, as his last three boxes. £250,000 was then revealed before he said "No Deal" to the Wanker's offer of £99. He declined the chance to swap boxes and then opened his own box, which contained a boot, to which Noel used to kick him with. Look at this silly old twat. Do you honestly think anybody ever loved him? On Good Friday, Fadil Osman also got an arse-kicking. He got so mad, and smashed his box.

he turned down an offer of 7,200 and some out of date Mars Bars. He said No Deal, and got a arse kicking from Liam Gallagher. On April 25, Dave Ellis Mackeral Bob got a kicking from Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs and Steve Coogan. Look at that face! The other 1p wins were Father Christmas (20 June 2006), Bob Mackeral (89 July 2008) Lynsey Foster (8 Dec 2006) and God (25 Dec 2006). The other lowest wins are Raj ( November 29 2005 ) who won just 10p, and three contestants have left with £1 - Mike ( March 2 2006 ), Barbara ( March 20 2006 ) Angelina Jolie ( March 31 2006 ) and Another Complete Dumbass ( June 3 2006 ) Chickens who dealt before winning 49% shares of Channel 4 These Chickens never got 49% share: A Hairy Bogey 10/11/05.

A Really Rich, Full of Himself Prick 12/12/06 E. T. 17/12/06 An Angry crab Driver 07/01/07 ( Messed with the rules and actually won it) Jade Goody 28/01/07 Mr. Mick O'Leg McNolegs 26/03/07 The Wanker The end credits state that the off-screen Wanker is played by "Himself". He has, on occasion, talked to the player via the Bakelite telephone on the contestant's desk. The character was called "The Drug-Dealer" in pre-publicity for the show; evidently, the name was changed before recording started (possibly to avoid any connotations of the drugs which Mr Blobby supplies to Noel). The identity of The Banker has not been revealed - one theory is that it is Noel's sister in law Mr Blobby , although he has refused to either confirm or deny this in the past, continuing to refer to The Banker in the third person.

However, it is clear that whoever is "playing" The Banker has some considerable innuendo skills, as the offers and Banker's banter frequently respond to a homosexual gesture/saying/showing/strip-tease that Noel has done. Also, when contestants are handed the phone The Banker frequently is able to make them dissolve into hysterics with his unheard chat. This would suggest that Mr. Blobby is indeed the public voice of The Banker, as he has had previous homosexual experiences. Indeed, when Noel appears on the screen, an unzipping noise can be heard coming from the wankers phone It is a largely unknown fact that the person who played The Banker for the first episode was sacked after it was found out what he was saying to Noel Edmonds on the phone. In relation to that, it is currently unknown whether the current Noel Edmonds is actually the person who played Noel Edmonds in the first episode. Many conspiracy theorists claim that he is in fact played by Jesus. The Daily Mirror and Jo Whiley reported on April 3 , 2006 that the actual offers made by the Banker were calculated by Glenn and two 'Executives' (believed to be Mr T.

and a black nerd with some glasses on...oh sh*t, err..I mean Sir Trevor McDonald). On March 23 , 2006 , contestant Dave, mentioned about Chinese New Year. The Banker said that whilst Dave was born in the year of the dog, the banker himself was born in the Chinese year of the dragon. This gives a clue to his age, probably marmalade or trampoline years old. Although The Banker's speaking voice has never been heard on-screen, he has been clearly heard masturbating several times to date, when Noel has held the telephone within audible distance to his microphone on his shirt. The first time was during the end of the Nick "I Love Noel" Bain's Round House Kick to the FACE show. On April 1 , 2006 , the end credits stated that The Banker's name is Richard Oldman. This however, was an April Fool's Day joke (believed to be oo funny, several viewers complained because the levels of comedy were too high); Richard Oldman is an anagram of 'Mr Blobby'!

On May 29 2006 the Banker did not turn off the lights in his room and it was revealed that he actually is John "Bradshaw" Layfield. Go figure. Not all ideas for game shows are good ones. Spin-offs The show has spawned several unsuccessful spin-offs, the least notable being Dill or No Dill, in which contestants attempt to identify various different types of pickles . Thankfully, it was cancelled before the first episode ever aired, and all copies of the one episode that was filmed have been destroyed. Other Spin-offs are "Dole or No Dole" currently being broadcast on ITV 84 and Bill or no Bill where the contestants have a chance to legally not pay their bills, and "Meal or No Meal" were players have to choose between 22 boxes each with a different food for the chef to cook. A new version of "Deal Or No Deal" will be on ITV 84 for america & Channel 7 for Australia and New Zealand , which will be named "Laid or No Laid". Which is also a G rated show for All Ages, hosted by Michael Jackson.

This TV show will come out in 2015 in what could be the biggest Spin-Off in history, bigger than "Meal or No Meal". The game will have names in their suitcase which indicates who will be raped by Michael Jackson. All the children with their names in it will have to be sitting front row of the studio. Also a new spin-off is in progrss its going to take place in Zimbabwe But there will be food in the suitcase and the name will be Meal or no meal The Deal or No Deal Cheap Twats Show The Deal or No Deal Cheap Twats Show was a spin off show of Deal or No Deal, in which several low amount winners are placed in a house for ten months with no food and being forced to have sex with Mr. Blobby. The idea of the show was to laugh at the stupid cunts who spent weeks opening boxes in front of a pathetic man with a fake beard, only to go on and win what they could've found on the streets. Episode one was shown on 21/12/06, and viewing numbers were as high as 9.66 million.

A special Christmas episode was shown where the contestants each got a kick in the face, and were all told that Santa was real. Show Catchphrases Tits are the same as Censored. As well as the obvious "Deal or No Deal?", Edmonds has introduced a variety of common sayings and catchphrases to the show. He has met with varying success and these terms have come and gone. The language used in the show has, however, become an integral part of the game play and drama as has Edmonds' dramatic gestures, tone and flamboyant movement around the set and in the audience. A selection of Noel's and contestants catchphrases: "It's 45 minutes of random guessing and opening boxes. How are you buying this shit? There's no skill invovled at all!" "boredom, tiny beards and wacky shirts." - the three key steps to success in Deal or No Deal, according to Edmonds. "Where the Fuck do you buy your shirts?" - The question everyone wants to ask Noel. "Blues Cruise, 'avin a booze, OMG U'S SLOOZE" - opening several "blue" numbers in succession.

"YOU COMMUNISTS!" - said to contestants who appear to lean to the left of the political spectrum "The Power Five" - the top 5 sums of money. (Variations include "The Power Four", "The Power Six", "The Power Twenty-Two", and "The Power Puff Girls") "OPEN THE FUCKING BOX!" - usually accompanied by a flamboyant, and often homosexual gesture. "The right deal, at the right time!" "Keep it low, keep it so, suck my dick, you dirty ho." "Play the money, don't play with my tiny beard you biatch." "I think you'll be back." said badly like arnold swarzineigger "It's your show, but if you do anything other than pick random boxes, you will be shot down." - Edmonds likes to emphasize that the player is in total control "Channel 4 is shit." - another phrase that Edmonds likes to emphasize that channel 4 is shit "We know what we don't want to see...

zoophilia !" "NOT the quarter of a million, NOT the hundred thousand, NOT Oscar Wilde!" "Did I say BANG AND THE DIRT IS GONE?" "What'll it be [insert name of old man or woman], 1p, or the box for you?" - Most people don't realize what he means for a good few seconds. "We do not want to see a quarter of a testicle in that box... that would be disgusting" "That's the safety net gone!" - when the net into which Noel falls has gone, leaving a gaping hole in the floor exposed. "We have a one-box game!" - Used when Noel completely forgets about there being 22 boxes and then imitates people with Downs Syndrome and shags a contestant picked randomly - no matter what their gender. "Put your hands up for Detroit!

I love this city!" "YOU SILLY TWAT!" - said to those who deal too early "We are now pissing on my territory." "We do not want to see a quarter of a testicle in that box...that would be disgusting." "Fuck the game, let's have an orgy" "We don't want to see a quarter of a testicle in that box - that would be disgusting." "Welcome to NOELs NEARLY THERE BEARD, IS HIS BEARD HEAR OR THERE OR NOWRER?." - normally used at the beginning of the show "Good afternoon/evening Baldies. Good afternoon/evening Twats." - Noel's greeting at the start of the show.

"Welcome to the annoying, over enthusiastic, probably homosexual players club." - Another phrase used at the beginning of the show "We don't want to see any black men!" "We don't want to see your tits!" "No Betty, we don't want to see you open your box and masturbate?" "Take the Walk of Wealth!" - to selected contestant "Don't be seduced by the beard!" "This is the best game we have ever had - completely boring too!" "Will you just shut the fuck up and pick a god damn box?" - Noel's "prompt" when a contestant is attempting to launch their own career in comedy. "OMFG STFU N00B, I AM 1337" "Why did you deal, You cheap Cunt" "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! STFU AND PISS OFF!!!" - said to a contestant who ruins a promising run by revealing the £250,000 Contestants have also taken to saying "Ask me the question please, Noel" when they have decided whether or not they are going to deal. Noel then says "I will ask you the fucking question when I want you fat cunt - it's my fucking show tithead.

Why don't you go suckle a cow." (cut to non-existent banker phone call where the banker supposedly comes up with a reply...but there's actually no-one there. Again. "Bite the pillow cowboy, this ones going in dry" (Picks up the phone) Hello!? (Listen for a while) Sorry, wrong number! (put phone down and storm off like there is no tomorrow!) It's ok! (usually said after revealing £250,000) Blue! Blue! Blue! Blue! - Because if you say if enough then it will become true You've turned the game around! - After discovering the £750 and the only red left is £1000 Oh shut up Noel, you knob, I've just realized this game sucks. Nothing - Said by the imaginary banker who isn't on the phone who doesn't actually exist. Don't touch the power five man! - Said by Noel in a terrible Jamaican accent. I'm Noely fucking Edmonds man! You fuck with me, you fuckin with the best! - said to those who fuck with Noel.

Finally, the two sides the contestants stand on have been nicknamed the "RIGHT-WING SCUM" and the "LEFT-WING SCUM". the banker on deal or no deal has to be the person you least expect. I know. Its me . I'm Mr Blobby and i live down Noel Edmond's pants feeding of his belly button fluff. I also am his wife and we love each other. So much that im' now gay and have converted to the religion of pink and crazy shirt worship with a dabble into interbred goat worship. Contestant Advice When contestants are sat on the chair playing their game they love nothing more than the box dwellers giving helpful words of advice and encouragement that they would have never been able to think up themselves. These include... It's real money. Drumond Park Deal or No Deal Board Game product reviews and price comparison Disadvantages Even Noel Edmonds wouldn't be joking if he played this game Everyone has a board game or two, maybe an old one from way back in time, or maybe even a new one from one of the latest television shows that are gracing our screens.

I have several board games as I find they can help stem that flow of boredom and bring my family together as one, although it's sometimes as one arguing monster if things don't quite go a certain persons way, mentioning no names. Anyway, as my kids like to watch the latest television games shows they almost always like to buy the games shows spin off board games when ever they hit the market, which inevitably happens as soon as the show becomes popular, and one such game show amongst their favourite at the moment is a show called Deal or No Deal. Firstly, for those that have never watched the show itself, it is a simple to understand channel four game show which consists of 22 boxes...(in other countries they use such things as brief cases, envelopes and other containers... but in Britain it's red boxes)...22 contestants, a contestant panel, which they called the 'east wing' and the west wing', a single contestant seat, which is the 'Hot Seat', a telephone, a voice on the other end of the telephone called the banker, (with a B), an audience and a man with some very strange facial hair who's not as funny as he thinks he is.

To play the game, both the game show and the board game, is very simple indeed. Firstly the 22 contestant are all given a red box each, which is sealed and has a 'secret' amount of cash value hidden inside, not real cash of course or they'd all be legging it. These cash values range from a measly 1 pence to a rather impressive £250,000. A contestant is then chosen, seemingly at random, although in the show they always seem to have all the 'randomly chosen' contestants family at hand near the front of the audience. Anyway, that chosen contestant then sits in the 'Hot seat', taking his or her box with them. Then the systematically select the remaining 21 boxes and eliminate each of them one at a time, revealing the cash values inside the boxes as they go. As each cash value is revealed that box, and cash value, is taken out of the game, striking the said amount from the list of cash values on the cash value board, (hang on... just checking that sounds right... yep, that'll do). In the first round the player chooses five boxes then an offer is made by the banker/telephone.

After that initial opening round it is then only three boxes per round that are chosen, with an offer being made after every third box, until you're left with two boxes. Although regardless of whether the player 'Deals' or not the game does continue in the same way, only the monetary values on opening of each box means a different thing to each player. What I mean by that is if the player has dealt then they want to then find the higher values in the boxes, but if they haven't dealt then they want to find the lower values so that they end up with the highest amount at the end, ( do you get me?). What's the difference between the television show and this board game..? Not a lot really. As I said they are played in more or less the same way, apart from the fact that there's no banker on the other end of the phone and, which may be good news to some, there's no Noel Edmunds breathing down your neck. Plus, you don't need 21 of your mates to come round your tiny little 'bedsit' to get the game going.

You do have to set up the board game, which can be a bit 'fiddly' shall we say, with the 22 boxes having to be put together before you can put the bits of cardboard with the money amount into them. These boxes are a bit of a nuisance to put together and even when constructed they seem to be as strong as a wet paper napkin in a force ten hurricane. Then there's the playing board, which you will have to make a bit of room for as it is about 700mm by 400mm, (roughly), so make sure your dining table is cleared, which seems to split at the creases so putting it back into the box on finishing the game is a task in itself. The board lay out is pretty simple to understand, with the 22 red boxes curving around the left and right side, unlike in the show where the boxes are in a straight line. The boxes should then be placed around the board accordingly, with the phone being placed in the centre above the monetary values.

These monetary values are split into two columns, one blue, containing the eleven lower amounts, from a penny to £750, and the second column in the red column, with values from £1000 to a whopping £250,000. But apart from that the way the game is played is the same as the game show itself. MY OPINION... I was looking forwards to playing this one as I thought it would be a rather entertaining game, even if I wasn't, and still am not, a big fan of the channel four game. Sadly though I felt pretty disappointed more or less from the start as I first found the initial setting up of the game took me quite some time, mainly due to the fact that I had to spend what seemed like an eternity constructing every single last one of the ever lasting 22 boxes. With everyone of them being a bit on the fiddly side let me tell you, especially when you have to put the small pieces of card with the money value inside the constructed boxes. Then there's the actual telephone, which is supposed to help you keep track of what boxes have been chosen so that it can give you an offer accordingly.

But sadly, even though it looks quite 'retro' it has a canny ability to spoil the entire game with the way it seems to have a mind of its own. I can now safely say that I have watched the television show and have now played the game, finding them to be very alike indeed, both taking little, or no real skill to actually play. It's a simple matter of choosing a box and seeing what is inside it, then, if you're offered an amount you like, or you think the amounts that are left on the board are likely to go, then take the money and run. It's not mastermind, nor is it the Krypton factor, but the game can still be a bit of fun to play and can bring the family together. Sadly though, the board game is not well built and probably won't last too much longer if the state of it now is anything to go by. The board itself seems to be falling apart at the seems, ( I know how it feels sometimes), then there's the boxes which, once constructed, seem to want to fall apart when ever you try and open them, which is a bit of a nuisance as you have to open them to reveal the cash value inside.

Even the actual playing board struggles to stay flat on the table, with the edges seeming to want to lift off when ever they get the chance. Then there's the business of actually putting it away, which is a bit of a nightmare in itself as the board has already torn slightly on the creases, which isn't good at all, and the boxes just don't want to stack up against each other nor actually fit into the box itself. And as for what is probably is a very important part of the game, the telephone, well this thing seems to have a mind of its own, sometimes shouting out numbers that have nothing to do with the game at all, or sometimes just stopping mid game and forgetting the many cash values that have been inputted into it, meaning that the game has to be restarted. In all, yet another not so fine effort which has tried to take advantage of a popular game show hoping that people would give the board game the benefit of the doubt so long as the games idea was what they were used to watching.

As for the price, well, the price for what I can only call a badly constructed board game is a staggering £25.00, which when you see what you get will bring tears to your eyes before to long.

Question: In the UK television game show ‘Deal or No Deal’ what is the lowest amount of money shown in the red box in pounds sterling?
Answer: 1,000